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Demand and supply in China’s steel market

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China’s steel sector is in flux. The outlook for 2018 looks pretty week (Caixin):

“Growth rates for China’s crude steel output and overall consumption will soften to 0.7% next year.”
“The near-zero growth represents a sharp slowdown from industry statistics for this year.”

Demand looks weak, given...